Chicken Coop thought

My cousin Joe has this chicken coop.

He says that he needs to make the outdoor run area

6ft tall with a door on the end.

He says it is ridiculous climbing in through the top of this

and crawling around inside to do anything.

It is constructed of 2 pieces ...

The coop

and the run area

which are attachable/removable from each other

for the purpose of moving the coop and run

to fresh ground area or to shovel up the poop

for over-wintering on the garden area

and then till it into the garden in the Spring.

Otherwise, it is too "hot" to use immediately to fertilize

the garden.

This is the main front door for inside access to the coop.

It is good for cleaning out the poop layer ...

And for getting the odd egg that isn't laid in a nest.

Notice the ventilation strips up near the roof.

This side door is for direct access into the nests.

Handy when getting the eggs.

You open the door, and there the chickens are

on the nests.  Just reach under them for the eggs.

An inside view of the nest boxes from the front door.

Roosting ladder and overhead roosting bars.

slanted roof over nesting box to chicken off.

Here's the chicken ladder.

There is also a sliding door at the top of the ladder

to lock all the chickens safely inside.

The floor of the outside run also has chicken wire 

to slow down anything digging inside to get chicken meals.

Under the coop is a shaded area that the chickens like.

Also with chicken wire under it.  

I was going to build one of these and even bought the lumber.

However, in light of the moving notice ...

I won't do that at this time.

Now I need to get rid of excess "stuff" ... :-p